PHP - Converting a string into various date formats

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I am new to PHP and cannot figure out the best method to convert two strings I have from URL params.

I would like to convert: "August 2010" to ---> "2010-08-%"

and also: "2010" to ---> "2010-%-%"

Thank you in advance!

Sarfraz · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-09 08:36:05Z

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You can use the strtotime function with date:

echo date('Y-m', strtotime('August 2010'));

Just adjust the format parameter to the date function to get the result in the format you are looking for. You might want to append the % part after convert the date format.

answered Aug 9, 2010 at 8:36

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binarycreations Over a year ago

ah thank yee, i knew i was doing something wrong. previously i used looping and the explode function to piece the string together!

Bang Dao · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-09 08:37:51Z

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You can do those by learn to using these 2 following functions
strtotime http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php
date http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

answered Aug 9, 2010 at 8:37

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